Yielding furniture-support.



O. SIDEL. YIELDING FURNITURE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED 'APR. 27, I91].

Patented July 30, 1918.

UNITED STATES v PATENT oFiuoE.

OSCAR SIDEL, OF GOLDEN, NEW YORK.

YIELDING FURNITURE-SUPPORT.

Application filed April 27,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR SIDEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Golden, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have'invented new and useful Improvements in Yielding Furniture-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

'Ehis invention relates to a yielding support for furniture so as to enable the same to rest evenly upon a floor in case there is. some irregularity in the construction of the furniture or the floor. I

It is the object of this invention to provide a yielding support of this character which is very simple and inexpensivein construction, which can be readily applied to the legs or other members of tables or similar pieces of furniture and which operates to effectively maintain the table evenly on the floor, so. that the same will not vibrate or tilt objectionably when in use.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical section of a table leg provided with my improved yieldingsupport. Fig. 2- is a horizontal section of the same taken on line 22, Fig. 1.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

WVhen applying my invention to a table leg 1 or similar member the-latter is provided with a vertical cylindrical socket 2 x which opens downwardly and has its lower forming a downwardly .facing shoulder.

end terminating in an annular rabbet 3 an upper internal segmental flange 7 ar:.

ranged at the upper end of the body and forming a downwardly facing shoulder. The two sections of the guideway are preferably held against each other and within the socket by friction and when in their proper position the opposing inner edges of the lower and upper internal flanges of these Specification of Letters Patent- I Patented July 30,1918- 19 17. Serial No. 164,948.

sect-ions l together form lower and upper guide openings 8, 9 in the guide. Each of these guide sections has its body, lower external and internal flanges and-its upper internal flange preferably formed integrally of cast metal.

10 represents an upright supporting rod I whichmoves vertically in the guide and-engages its lower and upper parts in the cor-.- respondingopenings thereof. At its lower end the supportingrod is provided with a shoe 11 preferably of semi-globular form, which is adapted to rest on the floor, and within the guide this'supporting rod is provided with. a stop collar 12 which is adapted to bear with its underside against the up-.

wardly facing shoulder of the guide. This supporting rod together with its shoe and stop collar are preferably formed integrally of metal.

13 represents a helical spring surrounding the upper part of the supporting rod within the tubular guide and hearing at its lower end against the upper side of the collar 1 2 while its upper end bears against the downwardly facing shoulders of the guide sections This spring is sufliciently stiff to form a reliable support for the weight of.

the table which. is imposed. upon this leg and still permit the same to yield sufficiently to cause an evening effect upon the table in the event that the How or the table is of somewhat uneven or irregular construction.

. v Bythis means disagreeable tilting or vibra f tion of the tableis avoided which otherwise would result when a floor is, uneven or the legs ofthe table areof uneven length.

This yielding support can be produced at comparatively low cost on accountof the few parts which enter into its manufacture and by reason of its simplicity of construction the same can also be easily applied to a'furniture leg or member by simply boring a socket in the latter. This yielding support therefore requires no special tools for applying the same to a furniture leg nor does it require any unusual alteration in the furniture :for' applying, the same thereto,- thereby enabling a person having but little skillin theuse of tools to properly mount this yielding support on table legs or similar kinds of furniture. I

I cl'aim'as my invention":

' A furniture support comprising a guide adapted to be inserted in a socket in a. furniture member and consisting of, two like sections each of which comprises a semioylindrioal body, a lower upwardly facing shoulder arranged on the interior of the lower part of said body and an upper do nwardly facing shoulder arranged on the interior of the upper part of said body, each section having its body and upper and lower shoulders formed integrally, a supporting rod arranged between said sections and pro-- vided between the upper and lower shoul- 10 ders thereof with an integral stop Collar which engages with said lower shoulder, a spring surrounding said rod and engaging its lower end with said collar and its upper end with said upper shoulderyand a dome shaped shoe arranged on the lower end of OSCAR SIDEL.

said rod. 

